Be Dumb Bro

"Be Dumb Bro" is the debut mixtape from American musical artist and Flex Entertainment executive beetlebat, released on September 30, 2022. It includes features from Vandee, Kenny Mgee, Payden McKnight & Ben Riggle It is a concept release about having as much fun as possible despite how "dumb" it is. The production consisted of self-produced beats and other assistance from Payden McKnight and Lil Squeaky, as opposed to free-for-profit YouTube beats. The engineering was handled by all three of them. It features a variety of lyrical themes about flexing, his life story, and his position in the game.

The mixtape includes the singles "Sun Goes Down", "Innocent", and "This Year."

Background
Beetlebat teased an upcoming tropical house song produced by Lil Squeaky. "Sun Goes Down" was announced on March 26, 2021 which has a feature from pop artist Ben Riggle. It was released on March 27, 2021. A remix of the song made by Canadian electronic producer 5ach!† was later released on May 28th. It leaped from No. 25 to No. 1 on the Flex Entertainment Hot 100, becoming his first ever number one single. It is his most successful chart hit lasting a whole year on the chart. He announced in his last video of 2021 that he would be releasing his debut mixtape in 2022 and a new single would drop in the first quarter of 2022.

He announced to release a new song titled "Innocent" on April 8th, 2022, after one year. This was announced during Beetle's first YouTube video in four months where he was shown being spotted by cops. The conceptual song is about Beetle being accused by a woman for harassing her on the beach. The video was amassed three-hundred views and forty likes in twenty-four hours, his fastest growing video since "Physics" in 2020. The song debuted at No. 2 on the Flex Entertainment Hot 100. A remix was secretly assembled by Lil Squeaky featuring himself, Tending Bike and SWAGMAN67, and was released shortly thereafter. He would hop on an R&B track with Lil Squeaky called "One Bent Knee", released on June 10, 2022. Beetle continued his hot 2022 with the pop rap single "This Year" featuring fellow ginger Payden McKnight, which was released on July 25, 2022. A music video would be released on August 12, 2022. On September 26, Beetle put out a last night tweet using Base64 encoder to state "Announcement 3 PM EST." At that time, Beetle announced that his debut mixtape "Be Dumb Bro" would be released on September 30. On September 28, Beetle revealed the tracklisting with the tape including ten songs with features from Vandee and Kenny Mgee.

Recording
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Music and Lyrics
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Singles
"Sun Goes Down" features fellow YouTube and pop artist Ben Riggle. It was released on March 27, 2021. The single was critical acclaimed by critics, calling it his best work to date. The music video for “Sun Goes Down” was released on July 9, 2021. It originally wasn’t planned to happen but it ended up being considered after they decided to meet up in Indianapolis. It is a vlog style visual where the two artists hold the camera themselves. It was praised by the Flex community, cementing itself as Flex’s song of the summer. "Sun Goes Down" debuted at No. 4 on the Flex Entertainment Hot 100, becoming Beetle's highest charting Hot 100 single. It became Beetle's fifth Top 10 single and Ben's first. It fell to No. 9 the following week. It returned to No. 4 in June after 5ach!†'s remix of the track was released. In it's 23rd week, the song leaped from No. 25 to No. 1 after a huge week on YouTube. It became Beetle and Ben's first number one. It has spent fourteen weeks in the Top 10 and fifty-two on the chart in total. It is his longest charting and most successful song on the Flex Entertainment Hot 100. It ranked as the sixth biggest song of 2021 and fifteenth biggest song of all time on the Flex Entertainment Hot 100. It is also the tenth song to spend an entire year on the chart. It was certified eleven-times platinum by Flex Entertainment.

"Innocent" was released on April 8, 2022, as one of the two lead singles for his debut mixtape. It debuted and peaked at No. 2 on the Flex Entertainmrnt Hot 100, his second-highest charting single. The music video for “Innocent” was filmed in Destin, Florida. It features Beetle, a Karen, a judge, and various backup dancers. Beetle poses in several scenes rapping the song. One scene shows Beetle and the Karen at court debating the case. It is declared that Beetle was innocent in the case as the Karen leaves the scene at the end. The video was well received, amassing three-hundred views and forty likes in twenty-four hours. This makes it his fastest growing video since the music video for "Physics" in 2020. It has one-thousand views as of May 2022. The song received mostly positive reviews from critics and fans with some regarding it as a massive improvement of his musical work. A remix of the song with Lil Squeaky, Tending Bike, and SWAGMAN67 was released on May 9, exclusively to the Flex Entertainment YouTube channel.

"This Year" was released on July 26, 2022, as the third single. It features frequent collaborator and ginger Payden McKnight. The single celebrates Holistic Therapy day. The song received critical acclaim upon its release, praising the hook and production. It currently has a rating of 90 on AlbumOfTheYear from 8 ratings. It debuted at number three on the Flex Entertainment Hot 100. It became Beetle's eleventh top ten and Payden's fifteenth. After the release of the music video, it rose to number one becoming Beetle's fourth and Payden's second number one single.

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Chart performance
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Track Listing

 * 1) "Session" - 3:21
 * 2) "The Grocery List Song" (feat. Vandee) - 3:29
 * 3) "Ruckle Hero" - 3:03
 * 4) "Moneymaker" - 2:58
 * 5) "Flex On 'Em" (feat. Kenny Mgee) - 3:32
 * 6) "Innocent" - 2:28
 * 7) "Blackout" - 3:09
 * 8) "This Year" (feat. Payden McKnight) - 3:04
 * 9) "Sun Goes Down" (feat. Ben Riggle) - 4:08
 * 10) "Ghost" - 5:53

Personnel

 * beetlebat - primary artist (1-10), engineer (1, 3, 5, 7, 10), producer (1, 3, 5, 7, 10), co-producer (2, 6, 8)
 * Lil Squeaky - mix engineer (4, 9)
 * Vandee - featured artist (2)
 * Payden McKnight - featured artist (8), engineer (2, 8)
 * Kenny Mgee - featured artist (5)
 * Ben Riggle - featured artist (9)

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